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Swedish figures: Statistics Sweden's Business Register keeps only some of the workplaces that closed before 4 October 2026, when we started collecting, so closures are counted from then. Until there are three years of history, growth over time looks higher than it really is.

Health

Veterinarian

Veterinär

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Active in Sweden
1,843
1.7 per 10,000 residents
3-year change
–
Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.
Opened / closed (12 mo.)
110 / –
Median revenue
SEK 1.7m
83% profitable

Deeper numbers

Survival, trouble signs, competition and people for veterinarian in Sverige.

Survival

Survival can't be calculated for Sweden yet: Statistics Sweden's Business Register keeps only some of the older closures, so closures are counted from 4 October 2026, when we started collecting.

Trouble signs

Companies with negative equity2%
Losses two years in a row8%

Equity and losses from annual reports 2025.

Financial health

Made a loss16%
Median equity ratio52%
Revenue per employeeSEK 1.3m
Staff costs per employeeSEK 645k

Medians of companies that filed annual reports for 2025 - 610 companies.

Competition

Run by chains (3+ places)12%
Share of the 3 largest operators8% · 1,637 owners
59 places
public56 places
public39 places
29 places
11 places

New and established

Openings per 10,000 residents (12 months)0.10
Average age of active businesses13.0 yrs
Younger than 2 years13%
Older than 10 years55%

Distance to the nearest one

Residents more than 5 km from one1,974,177 · 19%
More than 10 km946,921
Farthest neighbourhood (5,000+ residents)59.9 km · Gotland norra (Gotland)

Measured from each neighbourhood centre.

When businesses open and close

0204060Opened Jan: 53JanOpened Feb: 40Opened Mar: 53MarOpened Apr: 40Opened May: 45MayOpened Jun: 36Opened Jul: 37JulOpened Aug: 54Opened Sep: 46SepOpened Oct: 31Opened Nov: 52NovOpened Dec: 35
Opened

Per calendar month, 2021–2025. Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Jobs

05001,0001,5002,0002018202020222024Employees

Average number of employees reported in the annual reports of companies that file accounts, sole proprietorships are not included.

Farthest from the nearest veterinarian

Towns with at least 10,000 residents, measured from the town centre – possible gaps in the local offer.

TownResidentsDistance
Fagersta11,77125.2 km
Åhus10,87710.3 km
Köping18,6058.6 km
Oxelösund11,4858.2 km
Sandviken (Sandviken)24,8278.1 km
Gislaved10,0295.5 km
Söderhamn12,0384.7 km
Onsala12,4863.5 km
Eskilstuna70,6462.9 km
Falun39,9392.3 km

Active in Sweden over time

This line starts on 4 October 2026, when closures start being known, and grows as we collect.

Openings and closures per year

050100150Opened 2015: 632015Opened 2016: 60Opened 2017: 662017Opened 2018: 55Opened 2019: 682019Opened 2020: 80Opened 2021: 912021Opened 2022: 110Opened 2023: 982023Opened 2024: 105Opened 2025: 1182025Opened 2026 (so far): 100Closed 2026 (so far): 72026*
OpenedClosed* 2026 so far

Closures are counted from 4 October 2026; years before show openings only.

Growing fastest

3-year change in active businesses.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

Declining

Municipalities where this type is shrinking.

Not available yet: closures are only known from 4 October 2026.

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Financials of companies filing accounts

01.0m2.0m3.0m4.0m2018202020222024Median revenueMedian result
Median revenueMedian result

Based on digitally filed annual reports from Bolagsverket. Sole traders don't file annual reports.

By year

YearFilersMedian revenueMiddle 50%Profitable
2025610SEK 1.7m SEK 576k – SEK 3.7m83%
2024584SEK 1.6m SEK 603k – SEK 4.3m79%
2023511SEK 1.6m SEK 611k – SEK 4.3m80%
2022392SEK 1.5m SEK 646k – SEK 3.8m82%
202176SEK 3.0m SEK 797k – SEK 8.0m76%
202032SEK 2.2m SEK 841k – SEK 5.7m84%
201916SEK 2.0m SEK 1.6m – SEK 3.4m81%
20186SEK 1.9m SEK 1.0m – SEK 2.8m67%

By region

County (län)ActivePer 10k3-yr change
Blekinge län231.5–
Dalarnas län572.0–
Gävleborgs län431.5–
Gotlands län193.1–
Hallands län1043.0–
Jämtlands län292.2–
Jönköpings län471.3–
Kalmar län642.6–
Kronobergs län321.6–
Norrbottens län512.0–
Örebro län391.3–
Östergötlands län721.5–
Skåne län3062.1–
Södermanlands län692.3–
Stockholms län2711.1–
Uppsala län1493.6–
Värmlands län511.8–
Västerbottens län481.7–
Västernorrlands län451.9–
Västmanlands län411.5–
Västra Götalands län2781.6–

What's included

Businesses whose main Swedish industry code (SNI 2025) starts with:

75.00…Veterinärverksamhet

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